<VV> Lifter question

[Shaun]

You don't have a 3000rpm limiting chip, do you? Perhaps something else is
wrong with the MSD.
Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BEllison@bbafiberweb.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Lifter question


> Was running points, but now I have msd 6AL.  Still using points as the
> pickup.
>
> Barry
>
>
> >
> > I have found this to be a symptom of a Pertronix with the
> > pos. wire hooked to the + side of the coil and not getting
> > 12v. Could it be that simple? The lifters are only going to
> > work when fed with oil pressure, then they essentially become
> > solid lifters with an operating range for temperature
> > (expansion) compensation, something solid lifters can't do.
> >
> > yea, Vairily ... Shaun
> >
> > <Smit>
> >
> > > Original symptons...reason for the teardown...pulls strong
> > to 3k, but
> > > no power after, in any gear. passenger side.
> > >
> > > Who wants to explain how all this works?  You've got a lifter, that
> > > has a spring in it, that as it's pushed by the cam, the spring
> > > compresses,
> > pushing
> > > oil up thru the push rod, to the rocker.  So, you're not
> > supposed to
> > > get
> > as
> > > much lift at the rocker as the cam is capable, w/o solid
> > lifters.  But
> > > how much is too much? Thanks,
> > >
> > > Barry Ellison
> > <unSmit>
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